Scientists have demonstrated that a protein called REST can protect the brain from the effects of dementia and may someday help treat Alzheimer’s patients. They found that, in mice, REST […]
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Year: 2014
On the cutting edge of personal genetics (7-2-14)
This week, check out an amazing story about how doctors sequenced a newborn’s genome in 10 days to guide treatment for a life-threatening heart condition called long QT syndrome. Then, […]
What would you recommend? Genetic screening for a healthy adult or not?
The New England Journal of Medicine has created a case study about a healthy adult male who is considering genetic testing in light of several new revelations about his family […]
Questions persist about who pays for genetic testing
Julie Steenhusyens’s article, “As sequencing moves into clinical use, insurers balk,” examines the trend of some health insurers backing away from paying for certain types of genome sequencing, particularly when […]